{"id":121154,"date":"2020-01-28T11:58:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T16:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=121154"},"modified":"2020-04-23T11:59:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T15:59:47","slug":"atlanta-falcons-chris-lindstrom-use-your-platform-for-good-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/witn-drewsteele","title":{"rendered":"Best Buddies in North Carolina Champion of the Year Drew Steele on WITN-TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1582563218602{margin-top: px !important;margin-bottom: -15px !important;border-bottom-width: -15px !important;padding-bottom: -15px !important;}&#8221;]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTI3aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cud2l0bi5jb20lMkZ0ZW1wbGF0ZXMlMkYyMDE1X1N1Yl9WaWRlb19TaGFyZSUzRmNvbnRlbnRPYmolM0Q1NjczNTI5MDElMjclMjB3aWR0aCUzRCUyNzExMDAlMjclMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjc0MDAlMjclMjBmcmFtZWJvcmRlciUzRCUyNzAlMjclMjBzY3JvbGxpbmclM0QlMjdubyUyNyUyMHN0eWxlJTNEJTI3bWF4LXdpZHRoJTNBMTAwJTI1JTI3JTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1582562979792{margin-top: -5px !important;border-top-width: -5px !important;padding-top: -10px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h6><em>Drew Steele, Best Buddies in North Carolina Champion of the Year<\/em><\/h6>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Best Buddies in North Carolina Champion of the Year Drew Steele is a staple at East Carolina University Pirates basketball games and was featured on NBCUniversal affiliate, WITN-TV. 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